The word “historic” trips off politicians’ tongues with easy regularity, but Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammed Najib Tun Razak surprised his country recently by claiming to be doing something historic – and which genuinely…

The word “historic” trips off politicians’ tongues with easy regularity, but Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammed Najib Tun Razak surprised his country recently by claiming to be doing something historic – and which genuinely…

We ask how far Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak will go to keep his job. Plus, we judge the success of François Hollande after a year on the job, talk advertising campaigns with Jeremy Hildreth, and discuss the US…

Global security in the 20th century was largely an Atlantic question; in the 21st century it may well be a Pacific one. The rise of China is understandably making Asian defence ministers nervous, but at last weekend’s…

Global security in the 20th century was largely an Atlantic question; in the 21st century it may well be a Pacific one. The rise of China is understandably making Asian defence ministers nervous, but at last weekend’s…

In the search for MH370, the international community is seeing behind the curtain into Malaysia’s inefficiencies, says Aisha Speirs.

Malaysia isn’t a place that regularly breaks into the international news cycle. Home to around 30 million people, it’s a country with a stable economy and a seemingly stable political structure that mostly keeps itself to…